THE IDEA: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage, or Fiction
By Erik Bork
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THE IDEA is a manual for conquering the most important part of the screenwriting or fiction writing process — the first part. Most writers rush too quickly through choosing a story idea, so they can dive into writing it. And it's the biggest reason most projects don't move forward in the marketplace: producers and editors are underwhelmed by the central concept. Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning screenwriter/producer Erik Bork (HBO's Band of Brothers) explains the seven key ingredients in stories that have a chance of selling and reaching a wide audience – in any genre or medium.
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Reviews for THE IDEA
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is one of the most phenomenal tutorials I've read about how to break through writer's block and grow ideas to a professional level.
I have only one criticism, which has nothing to do with the content of the book. The formatting for at least this Scribd edition jumps track a bit here and there. Every few pages, the last word or so of a paragraph is broken. For example, if a sentence were to end "... will maintain a reader's interest," the paragraph might say instead, "... will maintain a reader's in- a reader's in-". (Not a direct quote. Just an example off the top of my head.)